1944 · (New York City
by (GABLER, Milt; Sidney Bechet, and Others)
(New York City: Milt Gabler), 1944. Near Fine. Promotional broadside (3½ x 5½). Printed in red on card stock. Near fine. A World War II era ephemeral placard printed for the Jazz promoter Milt Gabler, credited for booking several of “the first informal jazz concerts in New York City” [*Hoffman*, Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound, Vol. 1, p. 221]. This announcement for performances at Jimmy Ryan’s Club lists many of the same performers noted on other promotional placards from 1944-45, thus our attribution of the date. These include Sidney Bechet, Max Kaminsky, George Zack, Milt Mezzrow, George Wettling, Art Hodes, Ed Hall, Sandy Williams, Danny Alvin and (truncated)
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